Daily News | LSU rallies to hold off top-seeded Virginia Tech, 79-72, to reach NCAA women’s championship
DALLAS — One of the most highly anticipated basketball games of the season didn’t disappoint as 19,288 fans packed a sold-out American Airlines Center to watch a generational talent in Caitlin Clark take on one of the deepest teams in college basketball.
Clark didn’t just provide more than half of Iowa’s points. She added six rebounds and eight assists as she led the Hawkeyes within one win of the first women’s basketball championship in school history. Monika Czinano was the other Hawkeye in double figures.It took a couple of minutes to get going, but once they did, on a layup by Clark at the 7-minute, 54-second mark, the Hawkeyes rose to the occasion. Clark had 19 points and six assists by halftime.
It was another three-point play — again by Amihere — that made it a one-point game before her turnaround layup gave South Carolina its first lead with 3:09 left in the first half. That bucket sparked a back-and-forth grapple for the advantage, which Iowa held, 38-37, at halftime. South Carolina finally reclaimed a lead with 9:05 left, but it was short-lived. Clark hit a three to swing the momentum back to Iowa, which held onto it the rest of the way. The Hawkeyes guard fended off every advance by South Carolina down the stretch, sinking all four free throws, following an offensive rebound by McKenna Warnock, to ice the game in the final seconds.
The No. 1-seeded Hokies, making their first Final Four appearance, took the 12-point lead following a 16-0 run that stretched from the second quarter and into the third. They led for less than a minute of the first half but went into halftime with a 34-32 lead thanks to a Kayana Traylor bucket with 53 seconds left.
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